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We monitor local and global developments in the fields of whistleblowing, governance, ethics, compliance and anti-corruption on an ongoing basis to bring you evidence-based recommendations for the effective management of your ethics hotline and the creation of a workplace culture of integrity.
Corruption As we close out the month of July, African Anti-Corruption Day, observed annually on 11 July, offers an important opportunity to reflect on the ongoing fight against corruption across the continent. This year’s theme, “Scaling Up the Promotion of Integrity and Anti-Corruption Actions Across Africa“, challenges organisations, governments and citizens to move beyond awareness…
Ethics Is Workplace Harassment a Whistleblowing Issue? Here’s What Companies Get Wrong When people hear the term “whistleblowing,” they often think of fraud, corruption, theft, or financial misconduct. While these issues are commonly reported through whistleblowing channels, they are far from the only concerns employees should be able to raise. One of the most…
Fraud detection Fraud. It’s something every business fears. While the tactics and tools they use may change over time, fraudsters are an ever-present threat to organisations of every size. The prevention and early detection of fraud can be the difference between success, survival and insolvency. As too many know, discovering fraud at the hands of a…
Good Governance Retaliation Against Whistleblowers: The Hidden Risk Companies Can’t Afford When employees speak up about wrongdoing, retaliation remains one of the greatest barriers to ethical reporting. Yet in South Africa, retaliating against a whistleblower is not only unethical but also unlawful. Under the Protected Disclosures Act (PDA), retaliation is classified as an “occupational detriment,” and…
Protected Disclosures Legislation Are whistleblowers already protected in South Africa? As the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development calls for comment on new draft whistleblowing legislation, here is what you need to know about your existing protection (or lack thereof) Whistleblowing plays a critical role in exposing fraud, corruption, and unethical conduct, but many employees hesitate…
Best Practices The misuse of the word ‘malicious’ in whistleblowing laws and policies can misguide the handling of ‘axe to grind’ reports. When Dale Horne of Whistle Blowers Ethics Hotline asked me to share my thoughts on the subject of ‘malicious reporting’ by anonymous whistleblowers, I jumped at the chance. As an ethics consultant, I…
Corruption This International Anti-Corruption Day we ask you to consider whether you are confident that no corruption is taking place within your organisation? Or between it and your suppliers, customers and other third parties? Does everyone in your organisation have a shared understanding of what corruption is as a basis for recognising, resisting and reporting it?…
Legal trends for employers It’s a trend that’s shifting the compliance goalposts, and, in doing so is keeping more and more executives and directors up at night. It’s the prospect of being found guilty of a ‘failure to prevent…’ A failure to prevent what? Well, that depends on the regulations of the countries in which you operate and…
Best Practices You pride yourself on running an ethical organisation, you know that unethical conduct in your ranks is inevitable at some stage, and you would rather hear about it via your hotline than a hashtag. Regulators around the world are offering eye-watering financial incentives to insiders who lift the corporate veil on your inner dealings. Business…
The Duty to Inform When South Africa strengthened its Protected Disclosures Act of 2000 (‘the PDA’) in a wide-reaching Amendment Act gazetted in August 2017, it introduced an obligation on employers to provide ‘employee or worker’ whistleblowers with written feedback according to very specific time-frames. Now almost five years on, we still find that employers who have incorporated the…
New solutions With the 2022 World Wildlife Day call for the application of innovative measures for the protection of wildlife, we take a look at the growing and gratifying role that Whistle Blowers (Pty) Ltd is playing in national parks and game reserves on the African continent with their ethics hotline. It’s a challenge faced by…
ISO 37002 Responsible for receiving and responding to or managing whistleblowing reports in an organisation? Increasingly concerned that your whistleblower report handling will be found wanting? You’re not alone. How you handle a whistleblowing report can have significant implications for both your organisation and your whistleblowers. It’s a growing realisation that is keeping executives up…
